Towns and Villages
Kinvara - Cinn Mhara - The head of the sea is a popular fishing village which has a long tradition of trading by the sea with the people of Connemara...
Ballyvaughan - Baile ua Bheacháin is nestled on the southern shore of Galway Bay against a backdrop of the majestic Burren hill, Ballyvaughan...
Boston- Móinín an gCloigeann - the little bog of the skulls is a tiny village near the eastern edge of the Burren. To the south lies Lough Bunny, a...
Carran - An Carn A heap of stones (to identify a chiefs grave). Cusacks birthplace, in the heart of the Carron village lies in the centre of the...
Corrofin lies on the south eastern edge of the Burren, a few short miles south of the Burren National Park. Corrofin is best known as an angler's...
Crusheen – Croisín – The little cross, a village on the Galway / Ennis road, north of Inchicronan Lough. On an island in the lough...
Doolin - Dubh Linn - The dark pool lies on the south-western extremity of the Burren and is internationally renowned as a centre of Irish live...
Ennistimon lies in the southern extremity of the Burren, and has a long history as a market town for the surrounding Burren community. It is a lively...
Fanore - Fán Ór - The Golden Slope lies along the western edge of the Burren, affording spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean and Aran Islands. The...
Gort - An Gort - The Field - lies in Co. Galway on the eastern extremity of the Burren. It has been designated as a heritage town as it has some of...
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